Pork Green Chile Pasta

Green Chili is perfect for winter days, football games, and other cold-weather festivities! Made with a warm combination of green chiles, red tomatoes, and ground pork, served over cooked spaghetti and topped with crumbled feta cheese and cilantro, your taste buds will be wildly confused and then rapaciously CRAVING4MORE! Pork Green Chile Pasta Green chile is…

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Roasted Chicken & Pears with Bacon Jam

Whether you technically roast, slow cook, bake, or boil and then PULL your chicken breast, and then whether you bake or sauté your perfectly ripened fall pears, both items pair magnificently well with the star of the show: Bacon Jam!For several years, back around 2010-2015, bacon was all the rage. Bacon “this.” Bacon “that.” If…

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Blistered Brussels Sprouts, Tomatoes & Walnuts

Obviously I’m a little late to the game for posting Thanksgiving roasted veggie recipes, but this time of year, Brussels sprouts are an EVERY DAY occasion in our house.Truly.Truly stink.But, truly delicious. Blistered Brussels Sprouts, Tomatoes, & Walnuts This recipe roasts the cruciferous and sulfurous sprouts and blisters the mini bulbs with cherry tomatoes, salt…

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Valerie’s Apple Fritter Bread

“Basically just make apple pie filling and cook it down so it’s thick. Make a yeast bread dough. Roll it out, put the apples on half, fold it over (it makes a mess), cut it up and throw it in a pan. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour. Easy peasy. 10x icing on top.”…

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Ginger Pumpkin Spice Sourdough

Sourdough bread is one thing. Fermented and frisky, with a gut-healthy, 100 year-old heirloom starter, we all love it!And, pumpkin spice bread is another thing.Yes, it’s that season. It’s beyond that season now.Pumpkin spice EVERYTHING!!!! – even sourdough bread! Mostly savory and tangy, but just a little bit sweet, the warm sentiments of candied ginger…

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Pumpkin Pecan Spice Bread

This easy-to-prepare quick bread celebrates fall with the flavor of pumpkin and pecans, and all the spices of the season! Forget that Pumpkin Spice Latte – this will haunt your hankering, fulfill your fantasy, and whet your whistle in all the ways! 🍂🍁🎃🧡 Pumpkin Pecan Spice Bread Pumpkin Pecan Spice Bread 1 3/4 cups all-purpose…

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Stovetop Sautéed Roasted Caramelized Root Vegetables

October is synonymous with roasted vegetable season. After months of only craving salads, these days are for tender, caramelized vegetables. This recipe is as classic as it gets — and with so much room for adaptations. Use any fall-winter veggies you like. Add any and every seasoning you like. And, although “roasted” technically means, “cooked…

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Spiced Pork & Persimmon

Believe it or not, on the same day Valerie and I baked our Persimmon Tarragon Cranberry Cookies as part of a care package to send away, I decided I wanted to take FULL advantage of persimmon season and create a dinner with the super fruit. Pork seemed like a logical pairing, not only because of…

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Gluten Free Spiced Apple Tart

Although Pumpkin Pie and Pecan Pie are the traditional Thanksgiving dessert, I prefer to “spice” things up…aka change things up every year. While a Super Spiced Pumpkin Pie worked last year for the family, and the Bourbon Pecan Brownies were a nice touch as well, I felt like cinnamon and apples this year. A Gluten-Free Spiced…

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Pumpkin Pasta & Spicy Vodka Sauce

You certainly don’t need to use pumpkin pasta for this recipe, but being that it is Halloween, I felt it most appropriate to highlight those little orbs and just how wonderful they can be with a fresh and spicy vodka sauce! Pumpkin Pasta & Vodka Sauce 4 cups cooked pasta (any kind is great, but…

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